Jeremiah 10:14

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Jeremiah 10:14

{Everyone} is stupid, {without knowledge}, every goldsmith is ashamed by [his] divine image, for his cast image [is] an illusion, and [there is] no breath in them.

Jeremiah 10:8

{At the same time} they are stupid and foolish, [in the] instruction of idols, it [is] wood.

Proverbs 30:2

Certainly I [am more] stupid than a man, and the understanding of humankind [is] not for me.

Isaiah 42:17

They shall turn back; they shall be {greatly ashamed}, those who trust in an image, who say to a cast image, "You [are] our gods."

Jeremiah 51:17-18

All humankind turns out to be stupid, without knowledge. Every goldsmith is put to shame by [the] divine image. For his cast image [is] a lie, and [there is] no breath in them.

Psalm 14:2

Yahweh looks down from heaven upon the children of humankind to see whether there is one who has insight, one who cares about God.

Psalm 92:6

[The] brutish man does not know, and [the] fool cannot understand this.

Psalm 94:8

You pay attention, O brutes among the people. And [you] fools, when you will show insight?

Psalm 97:7

Let all who serve an image be ashamed, those who boast about idols. Worship him, all you gods.

Psalm 115:4-8

Their idols [are] silver and gold, [the] work of human hands.

Psalm 135:16-18

They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see;

Isaiah 44:11

Look! all his companions shall be ashamed, and [the] artisans [are] human! Let all of them assemble; let them stand up. They shall tremble; they shall be ashamed together.

Isaiah 44:18-20

They do not know, and they do not understand, for their eyes [are] besmeared {so that they cannot see}, their {minds} {so that they have no insight}.

Isaiah 45:16

All of them are ashamed and indeed humiliated; [the] craftsmen of idols go together in insult.

They carry it on [their] shoulder; they support it and they set it [in] its place, and it stands in position. It cannot be removed from its place; even [when] he cries out to it, it does not answer. It does not save him from his trouble.

Habakkuk 2:18-19

What value [is] an idol when its carver has fashioned it, a molten idol, a teacher of lies? For [he who] fashioned his creation trusts in it, [though] making mute idols!

Romans 1:22-23

Claiming to be wise, they became fools,

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Summary

Jeremiah 10:14

Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

Man

Brutish in his knowledge

Isaiah 45:16

And

Psalm 115:4

Psalm 135:16

Habakkuk 2:18

General references

Romans 1:22

Bible References

Man

{At the same time} they are stupid and foolish, [in the] instruction of idols, it [is] wood.

All humankind turns out to be stupid, without knowledge. Every goldsmith is put to shame by [the] divine image. For his cast image [is] a lie, and [there is] no breath in them.

Yahweh looks down from heaven upon the children of humankind to see whether there is one who has insight, one who cares about God.

[The] brutish man does not know, and [the] fool cannot understand this.

You pay attention, O brutes among the people. And [you] fools, when you will show insight?

Certainly I [am more] stupid than a man, and the understanding of humankind [is] not for me.

They do not know, and they do not understand, for their eyes [are] besmeared {so that they cannot see}, their {minds} {so that they have no insight}.

Claiming to be wise, they became fools,

Brutish in his knowledge

All humankind turns out to be stupid, without knowledge. Every goldsmith is put to shame by [the] divine image. For his cast image [is] a lie, and [there is] no breath in them.

Let all who serve an image be ashamed, those who boast about idols. Worship him, all you gods.

They shall turn back; they shall be {greatly ashamed}, those who trust in an image, who say to a cast image, "You [are] our gods."

Look! all his companions shall be ashamed, and [the] artisans [are] human! Let all of them assemble; let them stand up. They shall tremble; they shall be ashamed together.

All of them are ashamed and indeed humiliated; [the] craftsmen of idols go together in insult.

And

Their idols [are] silver and gold, [the] work of human hands.

They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see;

What value [is] an idol when its carver has fashioned it, a molten idol, a teacher of lies? For [he who] fashioned his creation trusts in it, [though] making mute idols!

General references

"You shall not make for yourself a divine image [with] any form that [is] in the heavens above or that [is] in the earth below or that [is] in the water below the earth.

You will not make gods of cast metal for yourself.

All of them are ashamed and indeed humiliated; [the] craftsmen of idols go together in insult.

Those who worship vain idols forsake their loyal love.

Claiming to be wise, they became fools,